Lenora (Lynn) Hootch

Lenora (Lynn) Hootch is a tribal member of the Yupik Eskimo Tribe in Emmonak, a village in southwestern Alaska. She has lived in her village most of her life and has been actively involved in her community and tribal government. She has served as an officer and a board member for many organizations in her community, including the Emmonak Tribal Council, Emmonak City Council, Vice Mayor for the Village of Emmonak, member of the Parish Council, which is affiliated with the local church, Advisory School Board member, the Alaska Native Women’s Coalition, a state wide organization committed to eliminating personal and societal violence in the lives of Native women and children,